Other Misc Flashcards
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Periphrastic preterite
Verbal noun + a + preterite of gwneuthur = common preterite alternative eisted a wnaethant = “they sat down”
- Any person/number can be inflected using this structure, which resembles Abnormal Word Order when the verbal noun is clause-initial.
yd oed ef → “he was,” “he existed”
Periphrastic constructions with bot The continuous aspect marker yn . This construction expresses ongoing or continuous action.
Agos (near) equative
nesset
Agos comparative
nes
Agos superlative
nessaf
Da good equative
kystal
Da g00d comparative
gwell
Da good superlative
Goreu
Drwc bad comparative
Gwaeth
Drwc bad equative
Gwaethaf
Drwc bad equative
drycket/kyndrwc
Issel low equative
Isset
Issel low comparative
Is
Issel low superlative
Issaf
Llaw small equative
LLaw
Llaw small comparative
Llei
Llaw small superlative
Lleiaf
Mawr big equative
Kymeint
MAwr big equative
Kymeint
Mawr big comparative
Moe/mwy
Mawr big superlative
Mwy(h)af
Ragof
rac (before) 2sg
Ragot
rac (before) 3sg
Gen - anything
“gan” (with, by)